"Book reading is highly addictive and it saddens me that so many young folk these days have never experienced it."

"Older academic friends recount their dismay at the general ignorance of incoming new university students. A major culprit is the cell-phone but in my eyes an even bigger one is the decline in book-reading.
    "Currently, throughout the western world 75% of fiction is read by women. It baffles me.
    "I rate fiction, and especially comedic writing as one of the greatest joys in my life. High on the list of pleasures is the creation of my libraries in four countries....
    "Book reading is highly addictive and it saddens me that so many young folk these days have never experienced it."

~ Bob Jones, from his post 'The Good Old Days'